I Dreamt the Recipe

Blackened chicken with a sundried tomato, corn and black bean salsa.

Yesterday, I woke up early to defrost some chicken breast. However, I realized I had no idea what to do with it. I usually like to make a cream based sauce to go with it, but they are sometimes too heavy for Megan. We just recently made a coconut curry sauce, so that was out. I also did not want to bake it, simply because the chicken comes across too bland for my taste. Anyway, I took a nap, because I wanted to be well rested for my late evening shift.

I must have been pretty anxious about having a dish done on time because I dreamt of this southwest style chicken meal. Upon awakening I seasoned both sides of the chicken breast with salt, pepper, garlic powder, cumin and vinegar. Placed it on high heated pan. When both sides were blackened, I removed the chicken and sweated chopped onion in the pan. Then, I deglazed the pan and put chopped sun-dried tomatoes, corn and canned black beans in. I seasoned it with vinegar, lime juice, sugar, placed the chicken on top of the mixture and cooked slowly for another 10 minutes. Served the whole thing with a side of rice.

It felt so unreal to me. There I was eating a meal, that I had never even concieved of having 5 hours earlier. It was as if some divine process had implanted the recipe in me.